Check protector



I June 4, 1929. Y PERSON A I 1,715,383

CHECK PROTECTOR Filed March 26, 1927 2 N NIEWYORK THE CORN EXCHANGEBANK Payto or'order' I Dollar's jay-" M G) INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented .lune 4, 1929.

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= Application filed 152111 01126, 1927. 'Serial 110.178,.551.

This invention relatesto check protectors. Oneof the objects thereof is to provide a check protecting device which is simple and convenient to use. Another object is to pro-.

vide a device of the above nature which is thoroughly practicaland eflicient in operation. Another object is to provide a device of the above nature which is small and compact. Other objects are to provide a device of the above naturewhich is strong and serviceable and which is inexpensive. Other objects will be in part obvious or in part pointed out hereinafter. I

The invention accordingly consists in. the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangements of parts as will be exemplified in the structure to be hereinafter described and the scope of the applica tion of which will be indicated the fol-.

lowing claims.

In the accompanying drawing III which 1s shown one of the various possible embodiments of this invention,

Figure 1 is a plan View showing the device in operation;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken as indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevation, and v Figure 41 shows in greatly enlargedjdetail a small portion of one of the parts.

Similar reference characters referto similar parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

Referring now to consisting of two arms 10 and 11 which extend in the same general direction and are spaced from one another. These two, arms are preferably formed of one continuous member of sheetinetal which is bent-upon itself to the contour shown. In the arm 10 adjacent the free end thereof is mounted a roller 12 having a roughened or irregular the drawing in detail,. 0 there is shown what may be termed a frame the flange 16 being formed by a bent. up end portion of the arm 10 and. theflange .17 be-. ing formed bystriking up a portion of the metal, leaving an opening 17 The roller 18 is provided with trunnions 18 and 19 by which it is rotatablysupported in flanges'20 and 21 similar to the flanges 16 and17 respectively. 1T p In addition tothe and 17, the arm 10 has a pair of longitudinally extending side flanges 22 and 23 extending alongside the roller 12' and. substantransverse flanges 16' tially covering the sides thereof. The arm j 11 has a, pair of similar longitudinally exe Y tending side flanges 24: and 25 The flanges 16, 17, 22 and 23 and the flanges '20, 21, 24 and 25 thus'for1n, in effect, on-

the two arms 10 and 11, a pair of oppositely disposed substantially cup-shapedrecesses in which the rollers 12 and 13, are respectively positioned. As may be seen from the drawing, the rollers project very slightly above the edges of their surrounding flanges.

The two rollers are thus substantially encased, the only portions thereof which are exposed being small portions of their opera-1 tivesurfaces which are positioned opposite to eachother; I I 1 I In the use of this device, the check is placed between the rollers 12 .and 13, asis I indicated in Figures 1 and'2. The two arms 10 and 11 are then urged toward each other I by a slight pressure of the, hand thereon to grip the paper of the check between the roughened surfaces of the rollers. With. the rollers thus urged toward each other the check is drawnthrough between the rollers, the rollers being thereby rotated. As the check is thus drawn between the vrollers. the roughened surfaces of the rollers. dis-, I

in which afford a very secure protection figure the paper and leave imprints thereagainst subsequent alteration of the check.

The check is drawn through betweenthe" rollers in a direction transverse to the length of the frame arms 10'and11. Thedistance between the inner ends of the rollers and the closed end 10 of the frame is, without undue size of the device as a whole, easily made such that any'desired portion of an ordinary check may be reached by the rollers. Generally it is desirable to disflgure the paper at least at the portion of the check on which appears thename of the payee and the amount to be paid. Preferably, as shown in Figure 1-, the rollers are of asufiicient length to cover both these spaces 1n anordinarv check so that the complete operation 'may'; as} performed by simply drawing the check through between the rollers once.

It will be seen that this device is extremely simple, small and compact, and at the same time it accomplishes the desired result in an efficient manner. The device may easily be carried'in the'pocket and hence is always available whenever the owner desires to write a check. The rollers are substantially enclosed so that the device is not objectionable to carry and, moreover, this feature gives the construction a neat and finished appearance. The side flanges 22, 23, 24: and in addition to enclosing the rollers, stiffen and strengthen the portions of the frame upon which the rollers are mounted so that these portions do not bend when the rollers are urged together.

These side. flanges terminate adjacent to the inner ends of the rollers, and the remainder of the arms 10 and ll have the required springiness to permit the rollers to-be moved towardand away from each other. The surfaces of the rollers 12 and 13 may be roughened in various ways to give the desired re- I sultof disfiguring the paper drawn therebeers'may be deeply knurled.

tween. For example, the surfaces of the roll- Preferab'ly, however, the roller surfaces are made somewhat as indicated in" Figure 4 in which there is shown a small portion of the roller 12. The surface of the roller is provided with a multitude of small spaced projections 12 and the roller 13 is provided with similar spaced projections.

,When the two rollers are brought together to operate upon a sheet of paper, the projec-r tions on one mesh between the PI'OJGCtlOIlS on the other, and a multitude of indentations are made in the paper from each side as it is drawn therebetw'veen. The PlOJGCtlOnS are as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

March, 1927. I

I claim as my invention:

1. In a check protector, in-combinat1on,a

frame comprising a pair of arms extending in the same general direction, spaced apart, and

connected together at one end, the free end ofeach of said arms being shaped to provide a ing provided with a pair of transversely directedflanges spaced apart from each other in a direction lengthwise of the arm: for substantially closing the ends of the housing; and a pair of rollers positioned respective-1 y within said two housings, the rollers being 'journ a-led in the spaced end-closing flanges of their respective housings, said rollers hav= in-g roughened surfaces exposed toward each other and adaptedto receive therebetween a paper check and said arms being of" spring metal to permit aid housings to beurged toward each other and to permit said rollers to be urged together to grip said paper check therebetween. v

2. In a-check protector,- in combination, a

frame comprising strip of sheet metal bent upon itself to formtwo arms extendingi'n the same generaldirection and spaced apart, the free end portions of SillCl'EtlHlS being offset in: a direction away from each other, said offset portions being bent to provide pairs of lateral ly spaced flanges extending in the direction of,

their respective arms, thereby to form substantially cup-shaped recesses facing toward each other, each offset portion beingprovided with a transversely extending endflange for closing the outer end of its respective recess and each arm being provided with arr-ansversely extending flange adjacent the inner end of each recess; and a pair of'rollers positioned respectively within said recesses and journaled in. the transversely extending flanges thereof, said rollers having roughened surfaces and said arms bein 'adapted to; be urged toward each other to cause said rough ened rollers to engage therebetween the paper 7 of a check and said rollers being adapted to rotate as'said check is, drawn therebetween in a direction crosswise of said arms.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 19th day of 'AXEL PERSON, 

